Fiji at the 1984 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	FIJ
Nocname:	Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1984
Location:	Los Angeles
Competitors:	14 (11 men, 3 women)
Sports:	5
Flagbearer:	Viliame Takayawa^[1]
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto

Fiji sent a delegation to compete at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States from 28 July to 12 August 1984. This was the nation's sixth appearance at a Summer Olympic Games. Their first appearance was at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Fiji's delegation consisted of fourteen competitors with the most being in Athletics and Sailing with four competitors. Swimming had three, while Judo and Cycling also saw Fiji compete in those sports.^[2]

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target

Track events

Athletes	Events	Heat		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Joseph Rodan	Men's 400 m	49.00	5	align=center colspan=6	did not advance
Miriama Tuisorisori	Women's 100 m	13.04	5	align=center colspan=6	did not advance

Combined event – Decathlon

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics. One cyclists represented Fiji in 1984.

Road

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Fiji entered two male judoka into the Olympic tournament

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Simione Kuruvoli	Men's −78 kg	Bye	L	Did not advance
Viliame Takayawa	Men's −95 kg	n/a	L	Did not advance

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

• Tony Philp

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Men's 100m Freestyle

• Samuela Tupou
  • Heat - 55.85 (→ did not advance, 54th place)
• Warren Sorby
  • Heat - 56.75 (→ did not advance, 57th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Samuela Tupou
  • Heat - 2:02.22 (→ did not advance, 46th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Warren Sorby
  • Heat - 1:05.81 (→ did not advance, 40th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Warren Sorby
  • Heat - 1:05.53 (→ did not advance, 48th place)
• Samuela Tupou
  • Heat - 1:07.75 (→ did not advance, 51st place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• Samuela Tupou
  • Heat - 2:19.79 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
• Warren Sorby
  • Heat - 2:22.74 (→ did not advance, 39th place)

Women's 100m Freestyle

• Sharon Pickering
  • Heat - 1:04.25 (→ did not advance, 43rd place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

• Sharon Pickering
  • Heat - 2:19.31 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Women's 100m Backstroke

• Sharon Pickering
  • Heat - 1:10.49 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

• Sharon Pickering
  • Heat - 2:34.77 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

External links

• Official Olympic Reports

Notes and References

1. Web site: Flagbearers for Fiji . olympedia.org . . 27 December 2023.
2. Web site: Fiji at the 1984 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417092738/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FIJ/summer/1984/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 6 June 2015 . sports-reference.com.